83828 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 230 / Friday, December 1, 2023 / Rules and Regulations 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R02–OAR–2020–0432; FRL–10121– 

02–R2] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; New 

Jersey; Regional Haze State 

Implementation Plan for the Second 

Implementation Period 

Correction 

In Rule document 2023–25239, 

appearing on pages 78650–78655, in the 

issue of Thursday, November 16, 2023, 

make the following corrections: 

1. On page 78650, in the third 

column, under the heading SUMMARY:, 

on the third line, the word ‘‘Staet’’ 

should read ‘‘State’’. 

2. On page 78651, in the first column, 

on the sixty-sixth line, the word ‘‘Staet’’ 

should read ‘‘State’’. 

3. On the same page, in the third 

column, on the ninth line, the word 

‘‘Staet’’ should read ‘‘State’’. 

4. On the same page, in the same 

column, on the thirteenth line, the word 

‘‘Staet’s’’ should read ‘‘State’’. 

5. On the same page, in the same 

column, on the forty-eighth line, the 

word ‘‘Staet’’ should read ‘‘State’’. 

6. On page 78652, in the first column, 

on the eleventh line, the word ‘‘Staet’’ 

should read ‘‘State’’. 

7. On the same page, in the same 

column, on the sixteenth line, the word 

‘‘Staet’’ should read ‘‘State’’. 

8. On the same page, in the same 

column, on the twentieth line, the word 

‘‘Staet’s’’ should read ‘‘State’s’’. 

9. On the same page, in the second 

column, on the sixteenth line, the word 

‘‘Staet’s’’ should read ‘‘State’s’’. 

10. On page 78653, in the first 

column, on the forty-seventh line, the 

word ‘‘Staet’’ should read ‘‘State’’. 

11. On the same page, in the second 

column, on the nineteenth line, the 

word ‘‘Staet’’ should read ‘‘State’’. 

12. On the same page, in the third 

column, on the fifteenth line, the word 

‘‘Staet’’ should read ‘‘State’’. 

13. On the same page, in the same 

column, on the sixtieth line, the word 

‘‘Staet’’ should read ‘‘State’’. 

14. On page 78654, in the first 

column, on the third line, the word 

‘‘Staet’’ should read ‘‘State’’. 

15. On the same page, in the same 

column, on the sixth line, the word 

‘‘Staet’’ should read ‘‘State’’. 

16. On the same page, in the same 

column, on the thirty-fourth line, the 

word ‘‘Staet’’ should read ‘‘State’’. 

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47 CFR Part 51 

[WC Docket No. 18–155; FCC 23–31; FR 

ID 187323] 

Updating the Intercarrier 

Compensation Regime To Eliminate 

Access Arbitrage 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of 

effective and compliance dates. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal 

Communications Commission 

(Commission) announces that the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) has 

approved, for a period of three years, the 

information collection associated with 

rules for notifications related to access 

stimulation adopted in the Second 

Report and Order, FCC 23–31 (April 21, 

2023) (Access Arbitrage Second Report 

and Order), which was summarized in 

a document published on June 1, 2023. 

This document is consistent with the 

Access Arbitrage Second Report and 

Order and its summary. 

DATES: The additions of 47 CFR 

51.914(d) and (g) (instruction 3), 

published at 88 FR 35743, on June 1, 

2023, and delayed indefinitely, are 

effective January 2, 2024. This rule is 

effective January 2, 2024. Compliance 

with this rule and the additions of 

§ 51.914(d) and (g) is required by 

February 16, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Bahr, Attorney Advisor, Pricing 

Policy Division, Wireline Competition 

Bureau, at (202) 418–0573, or 

Susan.Bahr@fcc.gov. For additional 

information concerning the Paperwork 

Reduction Act information collection 

requirements, contact Nicole Ongele at 

(202) 418–2991, or Nicole.Ongele@

fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission submitted information 

collection requirements for review and 

approval by OMB, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, on August 30, 2023, and the 

information collections were approved 

by OMB on November 7, 2023. The 

information collection requirements are 

found in the Commission’s Updating 

the Intercarrier Compensation Regime to 

Eliminate Access Arbitrage, WC Docket 

No. 18–155, Second Report and Order, 

FCC 23–31 (April 21, 2023), which was 

summarized in 88 FR 35743, on June 1, 

2023. The OMB Control Number is 

3060–0298. The Commission publishes 

this document as an announcement of 

the effective and compliance dates of 

the rules published on June 1, 2023. If 

you have any comments on the burden 

estimates listed below, or how the 

Commission can improve the 

collections and reduce any burdens 

caused thereby, please contact Nicole 

Ongele, Federal Communications 

Commission, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, regarding OMB 

Control Number 3060–0298. Please 

include the applicable OMB Control 

Number in your correspondence. The 

Commission will also accept your 

comments via email at PRA@fcc.gov. 

To request materials in accessible 

formats for people with disabilities 

(Braille, large print, electronic files, 

audio format), send an email to fcc504@

fcc.gov or call the Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 

418–0530 (voice), or (202) 418–0432 

(TTY). 

Synopsis 

As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), 

the Commission is notifying the public 

that it received OMB approval on 

November 7, 2023, for the information 

collection requirements contained in 47 

CFR 51.914(d) and (g), published at 88 

FR 35743, on June 1, 2023. Those 

sections have been delayed indefinitely, 

but are now added to 47 CFR 51.914 and 

will be effective January 2, 2024. In 

addition, the text in the delayed 

§ 51.914(d) which states ‘‘[the effective 

date of this paragraph (d)—which will 

be 30 days after the Commission 

publishes the notification of OMB 

approval in the Federal Register]’’ is 

replaced with January 2, 2024. 

This document also revises 

§ 51.914(e) and (f) to add a reference to 

§ 51.914(d). The references to 

§ 51.914(d) in § 51.914(e) and (f) in the 

Access Arbitrage Second Report and 

Order were not added to CFR pending 

the receipt of OMB approval for 

§ 51.914(d). These revisions to 

§ 51.914(e) and (f) are effective on 

January 2, 2024. 

Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency 

may not conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information unless it displays a 

current, valid OMB Control Number. 

No person shall be subject to any 

penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act that does not 

display a current, valid OMB Control 

Number. The OMB Control Number is 

3060–0298. 

The foregoing notification is required 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, Public Law 104–13, October 1, 

1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507. 


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The total annual reporting burdens 

and costs for the respondents are as 

follows: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0298. 

OMB Approval Date: November 7, 

2023. 

OMB Expiration Date: November 30, 

2026. 

Title: Part 61, Tariffs (Other than the 

Tariff Review Plan). 

Form Number: N/A. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 3,834 respondents; 4,659 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 

hour–50 hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion, 

annual, biennial and one-time reporting 

requirements. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in sections 151–155, 201– 

205, 208, 251–271, 403, 502 and 503 of 

the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended (the Act), 47 U.S.C. 151–155, 

201–205, 208, 251–271, 403, 502 and 

503. 

Total Annual Burden: 171,378 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $604,000. 

Needs and Uses: On April 21, 2023, 

the Commission released the Access 

Arbitrage Second Report and Order, WC 

Docket No. 18–155, FCC 23–31, 88 FR 

35743, which added rules applicable to 

internet Protocol Enabled Service (IPES) 

Providers engaged in Access 

Stimulation. In the Access Arbitrage 

Second Report and Order, the 

Commission adopted rules requiring 

that access-stimulating IPES Providers 

provide notice of their status to the 

Commission by filing a record of their 

access-stimulating status in the 

Commission’s Access Arbitrage docket, 

and to provide notice to any affected 

Interexchange Carriers (IXCs) and 

Intermediate Access Providers of the 

same, within 45 days of the effective 

date of that requirement after approval 

of that information collection by OMB 

(or for an entity that later engages in 

access stimulation, 45 days from the 

date it commences access stimulation). 

If, after the effective date of this 

requirement, an access-stimulating IPES 

Provider is no longer engaged in Access 

Stimulation, the IPES Provider must file 

notice of that change in status with the 

Commission and with any affected IXCs 

and Intermediate Access Providers. 

The revisions to this collection reflect 

the notice and reporting requirements 

adopted by the Commission in the 

Access Arbitrage Second Report and 

Order. The information provided by 

IPES Providers pursuant to rules 

adopted in the Access Arbitrage Second 

Report and Order informs interested 

parties of an entity’s engagement in 

Access Stimulation. 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 51 

Communications; Communications 

common carriers, Telecommunications; 

Telephones. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

Final Rules 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Federal Communications 

Commission amends 47 CFR part 51 as 

follows: 

PART 51—INTERCONNECTION 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 51 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151–55, 201–05, 207– 

09, 218, 225–27, 251–52, 271, 332 unless 

otherwise noted. 

■ 2. Amend § 51.914 by revising 

paragraphs (d) through (f) to read as 

follows: 

§ 51.914 Additional provisions applicable 

to Access Stimulation traffic. 

* * * * * 

(d) Notwithstanding any other 

provision of this part, if an internet 

Protocol Enabled Service (IPES) 

Provider, as defined in § 61.3(eee) of 

this chapter, is engaged in Access 

Stimulation, as defined in § 61.3(bbb) of 

this chapter, it shall, within 45 days of 

commencing Access Stimulation, or 

within 45 days after January 2, 2024, 

whichever is later, notify in writing the 

Commission, all Intermediate Access 

Providers that it subtends, and 

Interexchange Carriers with which it 

does business of the following: 

(1) That it is an IPES Provider engaged 

in Access Stimulation; and 

(2) That it shall designate the 

Intermediate Access Provider(s), if any, 

that will provide the terminating 

switched access tandem switching or 

terminating switched access tandem 

transport services directly, or indirectly 

through a local exchange carrier, to the 

IPES Provider engaged in Access 

Stimulation; and 

(3) Whether the IPES Provider will 

pay for those services as of that date. 

(e) In the event that an Intermediate 

Access Provider receives notice under 

paragraph (b) or (d) of this section that 

it has been designated to provide 

terminating switched access tandem 

switching or terminating switched 

access tandem transport services to a 

local exchange carrier engaged in 

Access Stimulation, as defined in 

§ 61.3(bbb) of this chapter, or to an IPES 

Provider engaged in Access Stimulation, 

directly, or indirectly through a local 

exchange carrier, and that local 

exchange carrier engaged in Access 

Stimulation shall pay or the IPES 

Provider engaged in Access Stimulation 

may pay for such terminating access 

service from such Intermediate Access 

Provider, the Intermediate Access 

Provider shall not bill Interexchange 

Carriers for interstate or intrastate 

terminating switched access tandem 

switching or terminating switched 

access tandem transport service for 

traffic bound for such local exchange 

carrier or IPES Provider but, instead, 

shall bill such local exchange carrier or 

may bill such IPES Provider for such 

services. 

(f) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) 

through (d) of this section, any local 

exchange carrier that is not itself 

engaged in Access Stimulation, as that 

term is defined in § 61.3(bbb) of this 

chapter, but serves as an Intermediate 

Access Provider with respect to traffic 

bound for a local exchange carrier 

engaged in Access Stimulation or bound 

for an IPES Provider engaged in Access 

Stimulation, shall not itself be deemed 

a local exchange carrier engaged in 

Access Stimulation or be affected by 

paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section. 

* * * * * 

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47 CFR Part 54 

[WC Docket No. 17–310; FCC No. 23–6; FR 

ID 188068] 

Promoting Telehealth in Rural America 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of 

effective date. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal 

Communications Commission 

(Commission) announces that the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) has 

approved, for a period of three years, a 

revision to an information collection 

associated with the rules for the Rural 

Health Care (RHC) Program contained in 

the Commission’s Order, FCC 23–6. 

This document is consistent with the 

Order on Reconsideration, Second 

Report and Order, and Order, which 

stated that the Commission would 

publish a document in the Federal 

Register announcing the effective date 


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